Week 1 - December 20th to 23rd
Week 2 - December 26th to 29th
Week 3 - January 4th to 7th
Focusing on Science, STEM, and the Body this season's Intensives brings all-new hands-on learning experiences for the students to engage them in their learning while also continuing to support their language and literacy development. With content specifically tailored to the needs of the students, they will focus on one overarching theme for the week, which will be used as a catalyst for their ongoing learning.
Monday, December 27th to Wednesday, December 29th
Run through the OYIS External Programs, focusing on the topic of Science, students will be given learning experiences that provide hands-on opproticutes to engage in the content. Including the development of language and literacy skills, students will be participating in a range of experiments and activities that are tailored to their learning needs.
Monday, December 27th to Wednesday, December 29th
Run through the OYIS External Programs, focusing on the topic of Science, the students will be given hands-on opportunities to learn about a range of scientific topics through carrying out experiments and activities. Students will participate in fun and engaging content over the 3 days of the Intensive while also participating in discussions and literacy-based worksheets and activities.
Types of Intensive Programs
Fluent English-speaking staff
Annual External Students
Saturdays in a Year
Designed with a holistic, hands-on approach to student learning, the OYIS Saturday Program caters to English learners from 3 years old to 12 years old. The program focuses on developing the language abilities of the students in addition to their literacy, grammar, social, and life skills. With an International Teaching Team dedicated to facilitating the learning needs of your children, we provide an immersive English environment where your child can grow, learn and have fun in a safe, engaging class environment.We understand the difficulty of choosing a program that is right for your child, so potential students join us for a trial day before applications are processed and your child starts.
With extensive teaching experience themselves, the External Programs Management Team is committed to providing you with high-level bi-lingual customer service and support and welcomes the opportunity to talk with parents and answer any questions they may have.
Please feel free to contact us at external-enquiries@oyis.org.
PE is a 30-minute block that takes place for each group of students each week either in the gym or outside. Our PE teacher (Ms. Hall) works hard to ensure the students get a range of different activities each week that develop and strengthen their Gross Motor Skills (GMS).
Engagement can be explained generally as the interest and attention levels of the students in the class. Participation levels, how they interact with the material, how they access it, and the passion they show for it as they are taught in class. It also can more generally refer to the motivation that the students feel for school and education.
Journaling as a skill for students helps children express themselves, and supports their ability to organize their ideas and thoughts in a structured and more clear way. Journals reflect the students’ ideas, opinions and interests.
Phonics refers to the sounds each of the letters individually [for example ‘a’] in the alphabet make, and the sounds letter combinations [for example the ‘tion’ in station, ‘ch’ in chair and ‘ai’ in rain] make.
Since 1882, the Osaka YMCA has been a trailblazer in internationalization and education. Its first English language schools and university preparatory courses became a model for an entire industry of after-school education in Japan. Today, the Osaka YMCA has a wide variety of operations and is the main provider of international education in Osaka, Japan.
With engaging teachers who provide students with fun and enjoyable learning experiences, OYIS Saturday classes provide your child with an immersive English environment. With specialized IT and PE lessons the children have the opportunity to participate in a range of activities that cater specifically to their age groups needs. Students are able to develop their speaking and literacy skills through workbook lessons, discussions and hands-on learning activities. Children are encouraged to collaborate with one another in teams to improve teamwork skills whilst also getting the opportunity to work independently.
An immersive language environment is one in which the child is surrounded by that language throughout the day. Studying a language when you are a child has significant benefits to a range of learning areas. Even more so when the environment the children are learning within is an immersion environment. Throughout the day the teachers they interact with speak in English to help them learn more and continue to develop their skills further.
Saturday classes run according to the Japanese calendar of April to March. There are 35 lessons in total for the year. During the Winter, Summer and Spring breaks, parents also have the option to enroll their children in one of our three intensive courses that are held. Parents choosing to have their child attend these programs will not only be able to add to their children’s English learning experience, but will also be eligible for discounts on all the programs offered. More information can be found here.
The Nakatsu OYIS facility boasts spacious, colourful learning environments, a large gym, a Science/IT Lab and an outside pool that is used during the summer months. Designed to enhance the student's educational experiences, we also have a sizable outside area the children are able to use during breaks and outside time. Classrooms have large windows that let in natural light and movable furniture to allow for both independent and group work. We currently have 15 classes on Saturday for children aged between 3 and 11 years old.
We have a number of events the children participate in. The biggest being the Performance which is held at the end of the school year. The children also participate in Halloween and Christmas Events.
In the 2020-21 school year we are planning on increasing the number of events held throughout the year to include more events as we know how much fun they are for the children.
Through the use of Google Classroom each week teachers upload the weekly homework and a brief description of what they have done in class each week. We also post frequently on the oyis.external Facebook and Instagram pages to provide parents with a window into weekly activities, both in class and throughout the day. Parents are also provided with the opportunity to see the class twice in the year. Parents also receive a report during the year from the teachers outlining how their child is progressing in the class and all parents are encouraged to contact us for further information should they require it or have any questions.
We pride ourselves on choosing teachers who not only have English teaching experience within Japan as this helps to position them to better understand the unique needs of our students, but also those who can demonstrate engaging, enjoyable learning experiences for the students. View them here.
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